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06-10-19, 04:16 AM | #1 | |
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Legendary Microprose Returns to Develop and Publish Warbirds 2020, Coming Fall 2019
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06-10-19, 07:24 AM | #2 |
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my big wish would be that microprose returned and finally made M1 Tank Platoon 3 or a new Gunship
man they made great titles - Silent Service 1 and 2 and RSS and TF 1942 - I guess Silent Service has been surpassed by SH series and that ame Silent Depth, and RSS by Cold Waters, -but where oh where is a new TF 1942! |
06-10-19, 10:57 AM | #3 |
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Bill Stealey is the only remotely Microprose-related vibe in this - and even then, he looks very alone and very far off the mark to me. Reading what he writes about the sim is a bit too sobering for my taste. He did spend a lot of time in Warbirds and far away from everything else, unfortunately.
He is collaborating with the maker of Carrier Command who bought the Microprose name. But beyond the good intents, the muscle of the glory days are just not there. I can only wish them the best luck, but it looks like a big big endeavor to me. Regarding TF1942 (and 1942:PAW), something is coming up though, fear not! |
06-10-19, 04:00 PM | #4 |
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First screen !
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06-10-19, 07:01 PM | #5 |
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oh awesome - can you shed any more light on the TF/paw1942 related game?
those warbirds screens look great - will the game though only be an online mp subscription product only though? Last edited by agathosdaimon; 06-10-19 at 07:41 PM. |
06-11-19, 01:21 AM | #6 | |
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They've posted some information that the model is from free to play to subscription, there will be different available payment options, like for example you can even pay only for 1 day of play, 1 week, 1 month, few months etc. Free to play will allow you to play without paying with a limited plane set. |
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06-11-19, 02:58 AM | #7 |
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oh okay - i really wish they didnt go with that model of pay to play - i mean i would pay up to maybe the amount of say a full priced game but beyond that unless i was a hardcore player for that particular game i wouldnt.
that being said i happily pay occasionally for World of Warships bits and pieces, but then that is a theme that interests me far more - the WoW model i like though in that i can still play most of the game and online too with standard account, the grind to get ships is just a bit longer, though they often have premium account as a giveaway prize. In any case, i think i will just stick with European Air War when i have need to scratch that itch Last edited by agathosdaimon; 06-11-19 at 04:04 AM. |
06-11-19, 03:34 AM | #8 |
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I think you meant to quote Bugsix, Agathos
But yeah, the glory days of MPS, even with the last generation all the way to EAW, Falcon 4 & M1TP2 were quite something... |
06-11-19, 04:05 AM | #9 |
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sorry, actually i didnt mean to quote anyone then, i dont know how that happened
even Gunship! from 1999 and Mechwarrior 3 - 2 of the very last Microprose games, were both unique and despite their flaws, i played them alot and found them very fun - Gunship in particular was quite hard and a really nice graphical style to it- a more refined M1TP2 aesthetic, - a style that i prefer still today over that of games like DCS world |
06-12-19, 03:08 AM | #10 |
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Hey Agathos, from what I understand you won't have to pay anything to play
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07-15-19, 02:22 AM | #11 |
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They posted some work in progress screenshots
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